Reports on Abdullah bin Masud (may Allah be pleased with him)

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Your permission to enter the house is this much: that the curtain be lifted and that you hear my voice; then come in, until I forbid you."

Abu al-Malih al-Hudhali (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to screen him when he (peace and blessings be upon him) bathed, and used to wake the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when he (peace and blessings be upon him) slept, and used to walk with him (peace and blessings be upon him) alone in the land.

Abdullah bin Shaddad al-Kinani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was the one who carried the pillow and the tooth-stick (siwak) of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Al-Qasim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to put the sandals on the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and walk in front of him (peace and blessings be upon him).

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If I were to appoint anyone as successor without consultation, I would appoint Ibn Umm Abd (may Allah be pleased with him)."

Asim bin Abi al-Najud (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Zirr bin Hubaysh (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The people used to laugh at how, when the wind blew hard, it would toss Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) about. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, on the Day of Resurrection, with Allah, he will be heavier on the Scale than Mount Uhud."

Tamim bin Hadhlam (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I have sat in the gatherings of many Companions of Muhammad (may Allah be pleased with them), of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and I have not seen anyone more turning away from the world and more desirous of the Hereafter than Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). And, O Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), nor have I seen anyone in whose state I would more love to be on the Day of Resurrection than you (may Allah be pleased with him).

Al-Qasim bin Abd al-Rahman said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have been pleased for my Ummah with what Ibn Umm Abd (may Allah be pleased with him) is pleased with for it."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) to climb a tree and bring something from it. The Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (may Allah be pleased with them) looked at his thin shins and began to laugh. At this the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why do you laugh? One leg of Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) will be heavier on the Scale than Mount Uhud."

Abd al-Rahman said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I have seen myself as the sixth of six, when there was no Muslim on the face of the earth other than us.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever wishes to recite the Qur'an fresh, as it was revealed, let him recite it according to the recitation of Ibn Umm Abd (may Allah be pleased with him)."

Shaqiq (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The protected ones among the Companions of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) know that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) will be the closest of them to Allah in rank on the Day of Resurrection.

Malik bin al-Harith (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Abu Khalid (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I came with a delegation to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and he gave the people of Sham preference over us in the gift. We asked him about this, and he said: "O people of Kufah, are you upset that I gave the people of Sham preference over you in the gift because of the distance of their journey? Indeed, I have favored you with Ibn Umm Abd (may Allah be pleased with him)."

Zayd bin Wahb (may Allah have mercy on him) said: One day Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was sitting when, seeing Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) coming toward him, he said: "A small vessel filled with fiqh!"

Abu Ishaq (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Harithah bin Mudarrib (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A letter of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was read out to us, in which was written: After praise and blessings: I have sent to you Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) as governor and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) as teacher and minister. These two are among the noble companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). And in the matter of Sayyiduna Ibn Umm Abd (may Allah be pleased with him), I have given others preference over myself.

Abu al-Bakhtari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The people said to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): Tell us about Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: He learned the Qur'an and the Hadith, and this was sufficient for him in terms of knowledge.

Salih bin Hayyan (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Ibn Buraydah said: In this verse of the Qur'an, "They ask those who were given knowledge: What did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say just now?" [Muhammad: 16], Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) is the one meant.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Alqamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) resembled the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in his walk, his guidance and his way.

Al-A'mash (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Habbah bin Juwayn (may Allah have mercy on him) said: We were sitting with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) when we mentioned some of the sayings of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and the people began to praise him and said: "O Commander of the Faithful! We have not seen any man better in character than Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), gentler in teaching, stronger in piety, or better in company." At this Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I adjure you by Allah and ask: are you saying this sincerely from your hearts?" The people said: "Yes!" He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Allah, I make You my witness that I too say the same as what these people have said, or better."

Abu Ubaydah (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A gathering in which I used to sit with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) is more reliable than a year's deeds.